as in obsessions
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers
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Recent Examples of fixations
Makeup Deals Under $25 My current makeup fixations are glowy bases and flushed cheeks.
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Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
City of Careless Angels is uneven, sprinkled with boilerplate indie signifiers and sometimes juvenile fixations on heartbreak.
—Donald Morrison, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
Saturday’s schedule has mass appeal between the national fixations (Duke, Michigan, Houston) and the agents of chaos (High Point, Texas, VCU).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Look, homes, these random fixations sound to me like generalized anxiety disorder, says Claudio, caused by the conditions inherent to late capitalism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
As much is clear in the vivid animation, layered jokes, and peculiar fixations — an endearing combination that heightens what could’ve been a forgettable series.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Several policy priorities followed from Miller’s long-standing fixations, such as denying immigrants work authorization while their legal cases were pending and penalizing applicants who used public benefits.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
But while his own work is marked by coincidences and unexpected bookends, some provided by the universe and some engineered by the filmmaker, at its core, it’s defined by an unswerving faith in the boundless eccentricities and fascinating fixations of other people.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
The lines between life and art, truth and fiction, get mighty blurry in Trier’s emotionally expansive, extremely wry film, though the family drama itself is just a spine on which to hang any number of other fixations and preoccupations.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
City of Careless Angels is uneven, sprinkled with boilerplate indie signifiers and sometimes juvenile fixations on heartbreak.
—Donald Morrison, Pitchfork, 14 Apr. 2026
Saturday’s schedule has mass appeal between the national fixations (Duke, Michigan, Houston) and the agents of chaos (High Point, Texas, VCU).
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Look, homes, these random fixations sound to me like generalized anxiety disorder, says Claudio, caused by the conditions inherent to late capitalism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
As much is clear in the vivid animation, layered jokes, and peculiar fixations — an endearing combination that heightens what could’ve been a forgettable series.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
Several policy priorities followed from Miller’s long-standing fixations, such as denying immigrants work authorization while their legal cases were pending and penalizing applicants who used public benefits.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
But while his own work is marked by coincidences and unexpected bookends, some provided by the universe and some engineered by the filmmaker, at its core, it’s defined by an unswerving faith in the boundless eccentricities and fascinating fixations of other people.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
The lines between life and art, truth and fiction, get mighty blurry in Trier’s emotionally expansive, extremely wry film, though the family drama itself is just a spine on which to hang any number of other fixations and preoccupations.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fixations
obsessions
Noun
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While plenty of star duos grabbed headlines, five stood out as some of the era's obsessions.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Lyrical obsessions such as mortality, decline, and desuetude riddle the songs here.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
21 Apr. 2026
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